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CTyankee

(63,902 posts) Sun Apr 4, 2021, 01:53 PM Apr 2021

Am I crazy? Does Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" sound like a song from an old Simon and Garfinkle

tune?

Please help! I know very little about modern music and I now have an earworm about this song

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Am I crazy? Does Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" sound like a song from an old Simon and Garfinkle (Original Post) CTyankee Apr 2021 OP

Which Simon & Garfunkel song? lisa58 Apr 2021 #1

I don't know! It's just something that came into my head as I was researching another song. CTyankee Apr 2021 #2

I searched it on YouTube and listened... lisa58 Apr 2021 #3

I thought it might be that the time the Coldplay song came out was right after Simon and Garfuncles CTyankee Apr 2021 #5

Here's the song, for reference Leghorn21 Apr 2021 #4

i love that song but dont hear any S&G that Im aware of.. samnsara Apr 2021 #8

60 Minutes did a story on Chris Martin. There was a controversy about applegrove Apr 2021 #6

It doesn't remind me of any S & G songs I'm familiar with. Arkansas Granny Apr 2021 #7

That sounded more like U2 to me.(g) 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2021 #9

Are you sure it wasn't this song from the Viva La Vida album? Scarborough Fair Phentex Apr 2021 #10

No, but it's a complete lift... regnaD kciN Apr 2021 #11

Thanks. I don't know the song but I'm not savvy enough to have that large a music base like so CTyankee Apr 2021 #12

I don't hear it but... llmart Apr 2021 #13

I know, I know...It used to be a department store long, long ago...I'm old... CTyankee Apr 2021 #14

Well, then I must be old too because... llmart Apr 2021 #15

lisa58

(5,755 posts)

1. Which Simon & Garfunkel song?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 01:59 PM

Apr 2021

I only know so many, but the ones I know ‘I know’

CTyankee

(63,902 posts)

2. I don't know! It's just something that came into my head as I was researching another song.

Reply to lisa58 (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 02:02 PM

Apr 2021

lisa58

(5,755 posts)

3. I searched it on YouTube and listened...

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 02:06 PM

Apr 2021

Nothing I know, but that doesn’t mean anything

CTyankee

(63,902 posts)

5. I thought it might be that the time the Coldplay song came out was right after Simon and Garfuncles

Reply to lisa58 (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 02:08 PM

Apr 2021

songs were popular...I dunno...

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)

4. Here's the song, for reference

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 02:07 PM

Apr 2021

Me, I’m not hearing S&G here, but I’m only familiar with their biggest hits -

samnsara

(17,616 posts)

8. i love that song but dont hear any S&G that Im aware of..

Reply to Leghorn21 (Reply #4)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 02:51 PM

Apr 2021

applegrove

(118,620 posts)

6. 60 Minutes did a story on Chris Martin. There was a controversy about

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 02:26 PM

Apr 2021

that song sounding an awful lot like some obscure band's song. It wasn't Simon and Garfunkel. It was some more recent band i've never heard of. Martin said there was no connection. The resemblance was quite strong as i recall.

Arkansas Granny

(31,514 posts)

7. It doesn't remind me of any S & G songs I'm familiar with.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 02:32 PM

Apr 2021

50 Shades Of Blue

(9,975 posts)

9. That sounded more like U2 to me.(g)

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 03:08 PM

Apr 2021

Phentex

(16,334 posts)

10. Are you sure it wasn't this song from the Viva La Vida album? Scarborough Fair

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 03:28 PM

Apr 2021

sounds like this one: (or this one sounds like Scarborough Fair, lol)

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

11. No, but it's a complete lift...

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 03:29 PM

Apr 2021

...of the tune from the last section of Cat Stevens’ “Foreigner Suite” (the part that begins with “The moment you walked inside my door...”). And I do mean complete, as in it’s practically note-for-note the same tune.